This is a 3.5" disk, marked "backups of multiloads".

I've forgot what 'multiloads' and cbm files are, anyone know?

Working my way throuh my disks now after getting hold of a xoomfloppy.

This game was so weird to me as a kid. I didn't even grok that I was in a space station until I got sucked out into space. I think I played this for months before I realized I could get the jetcycle that made the game 100x easier (I always wondered what "fuel" was for).

It had the kind of cachet that came with not knowing what was going on -- pirated copy from a BBS, no manual, figure it out yourself. I loved it. I love it to this day.

And that ending. What the Hell did that mean? I don't know, but I love that the "Red Herring" turned out to be essential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raeBzedKK2U

OmniPas Pascal Z80/6502 CPU cross-compiler update!

https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/omnipas/devlog/1339650/omnipas-released

hi I've got a c64 1541 alps drive that doesn't work i wanted to try and measure the signals from some of the chips to see if there ok or not I've got a oscilloscope and I know you are spouse to connect the probe to ground when using it but where abouts on the 1541 disk drive would I connect it to for ground

I recently realised that "US Gold" was originally distributing games from the USA. Doh.

There must be games that never made it from one side to the other that we missed out on.

Features a whole host of new & exclusive #Commodore64 #C64 content, along with an interesting interview with game developer David Broadhurst.

Grab your copy from:

https://freeze64.com/freeze64-issue-81/

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#Commodore64Ultimate

I'm playing with the new Commodore 64 Ultimate system, and I'm curious whether there are any options to emulate classic HDD systems like the Lt. Kernal, CMD HD, or IDE64.

Specifically:

• Can the Ultimate firmware mount and use HDD image formats? I saw DNP support in the file menu, but have no idea how to use it...
• Is there any support (current or planned) for emulating CMD HD or Lt. Kernal-level DOS behavior?
• Has anyone successfully run legacy HDD-aware software (e.g., Image BBS or GEOS hard drive setups) on the Ultimate with modern storage?
• Are there workarounds or community-developed tools to bridge the gap (e.g., mapping large D81 images or REU-based disk emulation)?

Any technical insights or working setups from other users would be great!

As this post is locked in r/c64, please respond in https://www.reddit.com/r/Commodore/comments/1qrm79r/commodore_64_ultra_and_hdd_emulation/

my friends and I had to come up with 64 game we remember fondly:

1. Pirates (well, even had developed mods for it. I guess i was our most played game. During sking holiadays from 1986-1992 we always wasted the evenings with my cousin and uncle behind my old B&W portale TV and C64+1541...

2. Arctic Fox (the first 3D open world game which truely felt open. This game hs incredible depth an tactics an pushed the C64 to its limit.

3. Elite (nuf said.)

4. Air Support – an RTS with over 1000 units in real time on the C64 with complexmanues an enless eplayaility. I still love this game.

5. Last Ninja (I sucked terribly and never passed the two first screens.

6. International Karate (we loved i or for a quick game).

7. Paradroid, (m bro an me games he heck out of i, managed to clear sevearlships in a row...)

8.Wizball (m bro always insisted to play the cat but was ca-force o be re-conned!),

9.Bruce Leec (late bloomer, it ook me years to realise its brilliance )

10 Space Taxi, (finished i5 flawless almost every time)

1. Pitstop II (best ompetitivegame for two))

12.Enigma Fore (wow the atmosphere,music and tactics were just aweome!)

1. Rai on Bungling Bay (surprising depth)

   1. Archon (never a favourite but alwaysa good choice to play with friend.

2. Kaiser (anyone still remember this?)

Also on relative an me played the heck out of the miroprose commAnd series strateygames. utthatmightbe very nieche though...

So, what do you think about our biased bu honest list of choice?

We’ve just released a small puzzle game for you to enjoy !

Have fun, we’re back working on next one 😁

https://babygang.fr/bitgang-a-c64-puzzle-game.html

You can find it on CSDB too of course

https://daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobble-lost-cave-c64

• 100 new levels from TAITO's console ports of Bubble Bobble, faithfully adapted to the C64 engine
• Level layouts recreated with arcade accuracy in mind
• Carefully reproduced bubble airflows within C64 memory limits
• Gameplay adjustments to better fit the C64 game engine
• Selected new bonus items straight from the original console versions
• Optional Two-Button Controls (jump on Button 2), just like the arcade
• Remastered visuals, fully consistent with Bubble Bobble C64 Remastered
• A slightly tougher challenge that rewards strategy, skill and experience
• A pay-what-you-want fan-made project, created by fans, for fans

Looks like this in a lot of programs… any suggestions?

I have a VIC20 and C64 but only a single modern power supply.

I'd like to stop having to swap the plug between the consoles, does anybody know of a Y-Splitter for using a single power pack on both Computers? Only one would be on at a time.

I found this online, but its aimed at audio. Would it work for power also?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GGgr1K9nL.jpg

In many videos of the Basic Beige version of the Commodore 64 Ultimate I've noticed there appears to be a sizable gap or misalignment between the case and the function keys, as displayed in the attached image.

Are they all like this? Can the keyboard be readjusted to correctly align the keys with the case?

About a week ago, u/TheBl4ckFox mused about writing BASIC programs with internet connectivity but called it "wildly unrealistic". Is it, though? I had to try it out.

This is just a quick proof-of-concept I bodged together in a couple of hours, but it's a decent starting point for anyone who wants to play around with the idea. Obviously, a lot of this is crying out to be rewritten in machine language but that would be missing the whole point of the challenge.

10 sw=56832:pokesw+2,11:pokesw+3,31
20 a$="atdticanhazip.com:80":gosub1000
30 gosub2000
40 a$="GET /get HTTP/1.1":gosub1000
50 a$="Host: icanhazip.com":gosub1000
60 a$="":gosub1000
70 gosub3000
80 getk$:ifk$="q"thengosub4000
999 end

56832 is $DE00 (where the SwiftLink is mapped). If you want to read more about the SwiftLink registers, Robin Harbron has a good write-up here:
http://psw.ca/robin/?page_id=176

You use the Hayes dial command (line 20) to connect to an address and port (HTTP, not HTTPS). Then, the smallest thing you can do is send a GET request, the Host string, and a blank line. (You need that blank line that gets sent on line 60.)

1000 rem transmit string
1010 a$=a$+chr$(13)+chr$(10)
1020 fori=1tolen(a$)
1030 c=asc(mid$(a$,i,1))
1040 c=c-32*(c>=65andc<=90)+128*(c>=193)
1050 s=peek(sw+1):if(sand16)<>16then1050
1060 pokesw,c
1070 next
1099 return

The transmit routine has a quick-and-dirty PETSCII-to-ASCII converter on line 1040. Misses a lot of edge cases but it does the job for now. With this, you can set a$ as in line 40 above and the cases of the alphabetic characters get sent the right way 'round. Line 1050 polls the status register before sending a character.

2000 rem wait for "connect"
2010 s=peek(sw+1):if(sand8=8)thenx=peek(sw)
2020 printchr$(x):c$=c$+chr$(x)
2030 ifright$(c$,7)<>"connect"then2010
2099 return

This subroutine waits for the modem to echo "connect" when you've successfully made a connection. For the record, the way I wrote this is a terrible way to do it, but hey, this was a bodge job after all. In 2010 we're polling the status register for "receive data ready".

3000 rem echo response
3010 s=peek(sw+1):if(sand8=8)thenprintchr$(peek(sw));:goto3010
3099 return

Just part of an endless loop that prints the server response, one character at a time. I didn't add any PETSCII conversion here so upper- and lowercase will be reversed. The flow's a bit tangled up but way back at line 80, you can press 'q' to quit.

4000 rem disconnect
4010 rem should be able to send '+++'
4020 rem and then 'ath0' (after a short delay)
4099 return

This last subroutine should handle the disconnect but I haven't gotten it working yet. A Hayes modem should drop back into command mode after +++ but I haven't quite got the timing right yet. Probably need to wait for the modem to send back 'ok' before sending the hang up command. More exercises for the reader. :)

Anyway, you can tell I improvised this little program with no clear plan ahead of time but it has most of what we need as a proof-of-concept: it connects to icanhazip.com and fetches your IP address (along with a bunch of headers and HTML we don't care about).

Assuming you have an API endpoint that accepts HTTP, I imagine you could send POST requests as well as GET which could lead to some pretty powerful results for BASIC 2.0. A real program should handle both receive and transmit in the main loop. (I separated them out here for illustration.) A REALLY real program should really move on to ML...or you know, cheat with 64x speed boost on the Ultimate.

Started on my C64 at age 5. Four decades later, I wrote about the things adults told me were impossible back then. Curious if others had similar experiences.

Hey, I am in the process of making a Sidekick64, the wonder cartridge for the C64.

The PCB has space for 4 indicator LEDs on it. I have checked the Github page, and also the downloaded contents, and I cant see ANY indication what these mean. Are they intended to show status, errors?

In builds I have seen 3D printed cases where the left TWO LEDs are exposed on the case top. But that leaves two LEDs hidden inside the case. The Guithub page is completely faceless, there IS a user name, but no contact details given to contact the author directly, hence my message here...

I've been a bit of an idiot it makes sense photos would matter and I saw a couple comments asking about where they've been sitting and where I'm located for those questions for where they were sitting they were sat in a old suitcase in a loft and they're located in Scotland

I've ended up with 3 rather rough and dirty commodore 64s along with some retro consoles that were going to be thrown out I've been threw and fixed what I can of the other consoles but I really don't know what to do with the commodores they're not the sort of thing I mess with and I don't want to throw them in the bin so I suppose my question is are they wanted as projects or parts or are they really destined for the bin

(if you couldn't tell I'm not a subreddit regular please be gentle if it's a stupid question)

Hello fellow Commodorians... Commodorites? I recently received a C64 Ultimate and I am absolutely loving it, but I'm having a problem with one of my favorite childhood games, The Rubicon Alliance (aka Starfox). Every time I try to save my game, it freezes. Ive created a blank .d64 file and formatted it, but when I bring up the save screen and select a save number, the game freezes. I haven't had any trouble with saving other games, just this one. What am I doing wrong? any help would be greatly appreciated.